StudioSound
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Not from what I have heard on older Denon or Beyer closed cans as they certainly have a wider stage. That then puts a lot of open backs outside the norm for me then if that's the case. It's never been a huge issue for me as I've been used to iem's for many years which can sound like that otherwise I would of got shot of them a long time ago if it bugged me but it was an area that was lacking a bit although I understand why given its physical size is a lot more compact to normal closed back cans.
I should have been more clear. I would say the 7520 soundstage is fairly typical for closed headphones. It is outside of the norm for other closed headphones to have a much wider soundstage than that.
It doesn't mean that you can't have a wider soundstage with a closed headphone, just that it is not typical in my experience.
You can certainly expect open headphones to have a wider soundstage by default. It's a trade-off you have to make.
I will try the Redline monitor but can I use it as an app with an Android? as could be a bit strange getting used to it using it on the PC and then with my Walkman would then notice the difference it would then be more noticeable it would then obviously bug me. I would say it might not be all down to the 7520 as since recently acquiring the Chord Hugo has helped breath a bit more space and speaker like width and I have listened to too many good top end desktop/ portable amp/ dacs to mention with my 7520's in the past two years that have not recreated what the Hugo does.
It's a VST plugin, so you would need an application which supports those. (I use JRiver as my media player)
I'm sure there are Android players which, while not supporting VST plugins, have crossfeed implementations.
I can't comment on the quality of any of these however, Redline Monitor is my "reference" for that sort of processing.
But I don't like any closed/isolating headphones/IEMs without crossfeed now. Once you have heard it done well, it's difficult to go back in my opinion.